Iranian born strongman Khalil Oghab, also known as The “Iron Man from Iran” was the first man to organize strongman shows in Iran. Born in 1924 in Shiraz, young Khalil was active in varzesh-e pahlavani, an ancient traditional Iranian system of athletics that has been used for warrior training. Khalil …
The Great Sandwina
To spice things up, today we’ll learn more about Kate Brumbach, better known as The Great Sandwina. She was a strongwoman born into a circus family in 1884 in Austria. Her parents were well-trained circus performers with their own qualities, both in terms of strength and muscle proportions. Sandwina started …
Otto Acron
Otto Acron is a strongman from Australia who was born on May 12 1935. As a young boy, Otto read Captain Marvel and Superman comics and that’s what initially pushed him towards feats of strength. At the age of 14 Otto sustained a serious brain injury while boxing in a …
How to Get Started Bending Nails
Want to learn how to get started bending nails? This video will show you how. Bending nails is one of the classic feats of strength. Here are five steps covered in this video: Here are five steps covered in this video: 1) Building a foundation of strength to ready yourself …
Strongman Picnic Recap
You’ve seen my performance from the Atomic Athletic Strongman Picnic. But what about everyone else? You don’t call it a strongman picnic if there isn’t all kinds of strong people present. This includes the oldtime performance based strongman as well as the modern competing type. There was Olympic lifting. There …